Bottle.



APPLICATION FILED DEC. .I l R N 1,203,448. Patented 001311916.

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIcE.

ALBERT A. AINSWORTH, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOTTLE.

Patented Oct. 31, 1916.

Application led December 23, 1913, Serial No. 808,320. Renewed December22, 1915. Serial No. 68,295.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALBERT A. AINS- woR'rH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention' relates to new and useful improvements in bottles andresides particularly in the provision of a bottle adapted to containmilk, wherein the bottle is formed ofv colored glass and slightlyopaque, but provided with a clear glass strip extending from the top ofthe bottle to the bottom whereby the exact amount of the contents of thebottle may be readily determined.

An important object of my invention is to provide a bottle of thecharacter described which is formed generally of colored glass butprovided with a clear glass bottom whereby the interior of. the bottlemay be readily viewed to determine its cleanliness.

It is a known fact that liquid, such as milk and others will be betterpreserved in opaque bottles; thus my invention aims to improve bottlesfor liquids which arereadily affected by light so that the desiredpreservation of the liquid is had and exact measurement of the contentsof the bottle is permitted and the cleanliness of the bottle determinedowing to e novel construction I provide.

Another object of importance isto provide a bottle of the characterdescribed which is extremely simple, may be cheaply manufactured andwhich is more commercially desirable than clear glass bottles forreasons hereinbefore stated.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the followingspecification and then more particularly pointed out in the claims whichare appended hereto and form a partof this application With reference tothe drawings, have illustrated the preferred embodiment of my inventionas 'it is reduced to practice, and throu hout the several views of whichsimilar re erence numerals designate corresponding parts: Figure 1 is aside elevation of a bottle of the preferred form of my in theconstruction of the bottle,

wherein I invention, wherein a vertical clear glass space is provided,Fig. 2 is av view of a modified form of my invention wherein the clearspace is formed as a number of circular portions, Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of another modified form of my invention wherein the clearspace is in a zigzag form, Fig. 4 is a side elevation of anothermodified form of my invention wherein the clear space is intersected bytransverse clear strips or spaces, Fig. 5 is a side elevation of anothermodified form of my invention wherein the clear space is of a spiralformation, and Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view showing the bottom formed ofclear glass.

Referring to the drawings forming a part of this specification and inwhich like chara eters of reference are employed to designatecorresponding parts, the numeral 1, designatesa glass bottle having areduced neck portion 2 and which is, with reference to the preferredform of my invention as illustrated in Fig. 1 formed of suitable darkcolored glass wherein the bottle is more or less opaque. A clear glassspace 3 is formed and eX- tends upon one side thereof from the top ofthe bottle to the bottom thereof and may be provided with graduations4'. The clear space 3 is preferably narrow but of sufficient width toenable graduations 4 to be placed thereon and to permit the determiningof the exact contents of the bottle. The bottle is provided witha" clearglass bottom 5 whereby the cleanliness of the bottle may be readilydetermined.

It wlll be apparent that I have provided la bottle for milk and the likewhich con- Vcleanliness of the-bottle may bereadily determined. Liquidswhich are affected by light when placed in the bottles hereinbeforedescribed will be readily preserved by the colored and opaque nature ofthe glass of which the bottle is formed as hereinbefore described.

With reference to Fig. 2 wherein there has been illustrated a slightlymodified form of my invention, the clear space 6 is formed 1n thenatureof clear glass dots 7 which are slightly spaced from each otherand extend in a vertical line from the top to the bot- I tom of thebottle. In this form gradu'ations are not necessary owing to the natureof the clear spaces in the bottle.

lith reference to F 3 the bottle l 1s lprovided upon one side with aclear zigzag space 7 which extends from the top to the bottom of thebottle and is provided with graduations as in the form illustrated 1nFig. 1.

Vith reference to Fig. 4 the bottle l shown therein is provided with aclear space or narrow strip of clear glass 8 which is l similar to theform illustrated in Fig. l,

that is they have colored opaque body portions and clear glass bottoms 5but differ only in the arrangement of the clear portion for determiningthe contents of the bottle. In coloring the glass it is preferable touse dark colors such as red and the like. The container may be made ofglass or other vitreous material. The colored'portions of the containerlnay be either opaque, or translucent, and the transparent spaces, orportions are coherent parts of the material from which the container ismade.

It will be apparent with reference to the foregoing description andaccompanying drawings that there has been provided a bottle particularlyadapted for containing liquids which are readily affected by light, thatis capable of containing the liquids of the character described so thatthe desired preservation of the liquid is had and exact measurement ofthe liquid within the bottle may be had. The clear glass bottom aiiordsthe determining of the cleanliness of the bottle. i

In reduction to practice, I have found that the form `of my inventionillustrated in the drawings and referred to in the above description, asthe preferred embodiment, is the most efcient and practical; yetrealizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of my devicewill necessarily vary, I desire to emphasize the fact that various minorchanges in details of construction,

proportion and arrangement of'parts vmay be resorted to, when required,without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention, as defined inthe appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A bottle consisting of an opaque body portion with the exception oftransparent strips extending longitudinally of the body from the top tothe bottom thereof, Said strips having graduations thereon wherebydetermination of the exact contents of the bottle maybe had and thebottom of the bottle being formed of transparent material whereby thecleanliness of the interior of the bottle may be determined.

2. A container comprising opaque or translucent and transparent coherentparts of a vitreous material, the opaque or translucent part protectingthe contents of the container from the deleterious action of light rays,and the transparent part providing a sight panel to permit the contentsto be examined.

3. A container comprising opaque or translucent and transparent coherentparts of the same material, the opaque or trans lucent part protectingthe contents of the container from the deleterious action of light rays,andthe transparent part providing a sight panel to permit the contentsto be examined.

4. A container comprising a side wall of opaque or translucent andtransparent coherent parts of the same material, the opaque ortranslucent part protecting the contents of the container from thedeleterious action of light rays, and the transparent part providing asight panel to permit the contents to be examined.

5. A container comprising a side Wall of opaque or translucent andltransparent coherent parts of the same material, and a transparentcoherent bottom wall of the same material, the opaque or translucentpartprotecting the contents of the con tainer from the deleteriousaction of light rays, and the transparent part of the transparent bottomproviding'sight panels to permit the contents to be examined.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT A. AIN SVORTH.

lVitnesses:

RICHARD OCoNNoR, J. H. HAYDEN.

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